Overview
The National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA) recently reviewed its Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS).
NOPTA’s operational costs have increased due to:
continued focus on building greenhouse gas (GHG) regulatory capacity
developing a competent capacity to assess complex transactions and the management of late life assets
ongoing increases to supplier costs and management of legal complexities.
NOPTA needs to maintain financial sustainability and effective regulation by ensuring that it is recovering the costs of its activities. It needs to do this in an environment that is inflationary, complex, rapidly evolving and uncertain. NOPTA’s fees and levies are not automatically indexed to keep pace with inflation.
To ensure that NOPTA can meet ongoing operational costs, NOPTA is proposing an increase in levies and fees from 1 May 2026, to be reviewed in 12 months.
We are asking for feedback on the proposed changes.
Consultation documents
NOPTA CRIS: consultation draft 2026 [694KB PDF] [250KB DOCX]